'Turnback Tuesday' features downtown Derby business

Turnback Tuesday highlights another Derby business. In 1919, Charles M. Ringel established “Ringel’s Cleaning & Dyeing Co.” at 71 Elizabeth St., where Sunflower Dental is now.

In 1927, he moved the location just up the road to 97 Elizabeth St. In 1935, Charles added a partner, James F. Tighe, and renamed the business Ringel & Tighe Cleaners & Dyers. The business again moved in 1937 to 61 4th St. The gentlemen remained partners until Rangel’s death in 1940.

This image is of when the business was at 71 Elizabeth St.

Photo courtesy of the B. Berman collection.

Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.

Welander warns public about fake GoFundMe donation site for Derby children

Sharing post from the Valley Independent Sentinel:

https://valley.newhavenindependent.org/article/state_rep_beware_of_fake_donation_website

This is a link to the real GoFundMe page:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/our-5-children

State Rep. Mary Welander represents the 114th District, which includes part of Derby.

Community coming together to help Derby family bury 5 children

DERBY - A horrific car crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, N.Y. early Sunday took the lives of five children ages 8-17 who recently had moved here from New York.

Click the link below from today's Valley Independent Sentinel for information about the fatal crash.

https://valley.newhavenindependent.org/article/press_conference_on_crash_that_claimed_the_lives_of_five_minors_from_derby

The community has come together since news of the fatal accident was reported Sunday to help the family pay funeral costs. 

As of this posting Monday evening a GoFundMe page had raised $46,561 toward a $50,000 goal. To donate, visit  https://gofund.me/65f03ef2

Derby slates Medication Take Back Day April 22 at Bradley School

DERBY - The Derby Youth Service Bureau is partnering with the Derby Police Department and Naugatuck Valley Health District to hold a Medication Take Back Day April 22 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

The event will be held at Bradley School, 155 David Humphreys Road.

This community service initiative is in unison with the National Medication Take Back Day and is in response to the public health crisis concerning the growing number of overdose deaths in our country, which has doubled in recent years.

This effort is intended to take back un-wanted, un-used prescription drugs, which can make their way into the community and in the hands of young people. 

The inappropriate use of these drugs can lead to possible addiction and the desire to move toward a more dangerous illicit drug market. These illicit drugs, which are often tainted with fentanyl and other synthetic chemicals, are dangerous and have caused thousands of overdose deaths. Medication Take Back Day is one-step in helping to prevent these overdose tragedies.

This is a press release from Derby Public Schools.

Save the date: Ansonia Nature Center to celebrate Earth Day

 

Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton slates 3 Friday Films

Plumb Memorial Library is at 65 Wooster St., Shelton.

CWV Post 1562 in Derby to host fundraiser for House of Heroes-CT